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ACTYVATE is a nationwide youth movement to engage, inspire and motivate youth to create Blue Oceans in national transformation, through creativity and innovation. This is achieved through this online crowd pledging platform supported by the government for the public to propose creative projects, garner support and raise resources.

Projects with potential high impact and have successfully raise their target funding may receive match funds – ensuring that the voice of the youth will be heard through the projects to be implemented with the aim to mobilise grassroots youth participation in nation building activities and transform the nation into an inclusive society.

WHO ARE THE KEY DRIVERS OF ACTYVATE?

An initiative under the National Blue Ocean Strategy’s Blue Ocean Youth Movement (BOYM), ACTYVATE is a collaborative partnership championed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, and jointly driven by 1Malaysia For Youth (iM4U) and the Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC). It is also supported by the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Youth and Sports; and the Ministry of Higher Education as well as the National Service Training Department and the Malaysian Youth Council.

GETTING STARTED

WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF BECOMING A SUPPORTER?

Simply signup to become an ACTYVATE user. You can register with your email address or signing up with your facebook account. Or, if you already registered, login in directly to your account.

You will have access to a dashboard where you can complete your Profile details.

Visit the Project Page you want to support. This can be projects that are in Ideation stage (requires voting) OR Funding stage (requires funding or in-kind contributions)

On an Ideation project page, you can cast your vote* as your support! You will be notified later via email if the Project you supported is validated or rejected at the end of the project’s voting period.

If the project you support is validated, you can continue to support it by sharing and promoting the project page on your social media accounts to rally more support from your peers.

Alternatively, you can also visit a project page that is in the funding stage. There, you will be able to contribute to the project’s cause through funds or in-kind. Select “FUND” to donate to the cause, or “IN-KIND” for non-monetary support.

You will be notified via email when the project you funded reaches their funding target. If a project you funded does not meet their funding target, you will be refunded your pledge amount within 45 days. Request for refunds is available for 7 days after the end of a fundraising period.

Thanks to your donation, the project can now start ! You are encouraged to keep track on the project’s progress to ensure that the project’s milestones are fulfilled, which allows the project owner to draw the remaining funds.

*Individual Actyvate user is allowed only ONE vote per project.

VOTING

WHERE CAN I VIEW THE PROJECTS I HAVE VOTED FOR?

You can find all the projects you have either voter for or funded in your Dashboard under the Projects tab.

FUNDING

CAN I CANCEL A DONATION?

Yes, if you made the donation by credit card. Other means of payment are deemed final upon confirmation.

In the event of an unsuccessful crowdfunding campaign, all funds raised will be refunded back to the Pledgers via direct deposit within 45 days. Request of refund by pledgers will be available for 7 days after the end of the fundraising period. You will receive confirmation by admin within 3 working days upon submission of refund request.

WILL I RECEIVE UPDATES ON PROJECTS I HAVE SUPPORTED?

Yes. We encourage all our project owners to keep their supporters in the loop. Project owners are required to submit a project report for public viewing once their project is complete. All other updates will be communicated via email.

IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION

CAN I CANCEL MY IN-KIND OFFER?

If you are no longer able to complete your in-kind contribution, please email the project owner as soon as possible. You can find their contact information on their Project Page.

WHAT IS THE MINIMUM DONATION AMOUNT I CAN MAKE?

The minimum donation is RM 5.

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